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τρίβανον

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: τρίβᾰνον Medium diacritics: τρίβανον Low diacritics: τρίβανον Capitals: ΤΡΙΒΑΝΟΝ
Transliteration A: tríbanon Transliteration B: tribanon Transliteration C: trivanon Beta Code: tri/banon

English (LSJ)

τό, = λήκυθος, Hsch.; a measure of capacity, = κοτύλη, τρυβλίον, Gal.19.774, cf. POxy.661v (ii/iii A. D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1140] τό, = τρύπανον, zw.

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, ή τρίβανος, ὁ, Α
1. (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «τρίβανον
λήκυθον»
2. κοτύλη («ὁ ξέστης κοτύλας β', αἳ καὶ τρίβανα ἢ τρύβλια λέγονται», Γαλ.)
3. γουδί.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τρίβω + επίθημα -ανον (πρβλ. δρέπανον)].